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Founder of Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores passes away | 5newsonline.com

Founder of Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores passes away | 5newsonline.com "William Henry (Bill) Braum, the founder of Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores, passed away at his home in Tuttle, OK, on Monday, March 23 [,2020]. He was...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 24, 2020 5:06 PM

1950s Hollywood forged a golden age of tax avoidance by movie stars | Accounting Today

1950s Hollywood forged a golden age of tax avoidance by movie stars | Accounting Today The oil-depletion allowance, deferred income, collapsible corporations, all provided Hollywood stars and other wealthy Americans a way to dodge the 90% top marginal income tax...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 29, 2019 6:03 PM

Is the party over for free wi-fi in cafes? - BBC News

Is the party over for free wi-fi in cafes? - BBC News One cafe hides its electrical outlets and, between 11 am and 4 pm, cuts off wifi. Another eliminated wifi completely, only to have to reverse its course a...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 26, 2016 11:05 AM

Effect of Weekend Penalty Wage Rates in Australia

Effect of Weekend Penalty Wage Rates in Australia On top of a generous minimum wage, the Australian government mandates "penalty wage rates" -- bonus wages for working after 10 p.m. or on weekends or public holidays. The result: Few restaurants...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 22, 2016 11:14 AM

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ As American grownups continue to find ways to wreck childhood fun.... "Other popular sports, including soccer and basketball, have suffered as youth sports participation in general has declined and become more specialized. A...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 28, 2015 5:24 PM

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky It's 1500 all over again: "Round and round this goes, with the people committed to saving newspapers demanding to know 'If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?'...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 15, 2009 7:19 PM

Urban Review STL: Visiting the Parents & Grandparents

Urban Review STL: Visiting the Parents & Grandparents Steve Patterson returns to a small Mennonite cemetery near Corn, Oklahoma, where his grandparents are buried, and reflects on the changes in lifestyle since their time: "In our era of agribusiness we've...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 18, 2008 12:02 PM

Business | West Texas: `Geographical Center Of Nowhere' | Seattle Times Newspaper

Business | West Texas: `Geographical Center Of Nowhere' | Seattle Times Newspaper Rule, Old Glory, Knox City, Swenson, Jayton: "It lies north of Interstate 20 within a triangle connecting Wichita Falls, Abilene and Lubbock. Fewer than 25,000 people live in...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 22, 2008 12:10 AM

Yet Another Small Town Moment: Who was "Red" Burpo anyhow?

Yet Another Small Town Moment: Who was "Red" Burpo anyhow? A touching remembrance of the town mechanic: "Every small town in the world must have one of these guys...long ago retired from the rat race of small business, the old...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 17, 2008 5:39 PM

City Room: Brooklyn Storefronts as Metaphor for a Changing Borough

City Room: Brooklyn Storefronts as Metaphor for a Changing Borough A love of the small and local is on display in Paul Lacy's new book Brooklyn Storefronts: "Granted, 'you can't judge a book by its cover,' but a small, independently...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 9, 2008 8:15 PM